DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Census team is working to get 100% participation amid COVID-19. Sophia Johnson coordinator for the Dallas County census says they have moved to a heavy digital strategy and is promoting the Census through social media and email. “We have contracts with a dozen social influences who have just the right…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China. Trump says the outbreak could have been contained at its source and spared lives had the U.N. health agency done a better job investigating…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas food truck company, Ruthie’s, is supplying meals for essential workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “One of our customers called and graciously underwrote Ruthie’s to go out and feed the late night medical staff at Parkland and today we are at a retirement home also feeding the workers there,” said Ruthie’s Owner Ashlee…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Waco based whiskey distillery is providing sanitizer to North Texas first responders as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. The Balcones Distillery delivered 400 gallons of sanitizer to the Dallas Police Association, Plano Police Department, and the Dallas Fire Fighters Association on Tuesday. “We’re really happy to be able to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas and Tarrant counties are reporting more COVID-19 related deaths as the case count rises across DFW. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 89 additional positive cases Tuesday, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 1,877. Ten additional deaths are being reported, including five residents of long-term care facilities,…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – A federal appeals court panel has ruled that medication abortions can be provided in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning non-essential medical procedures so that badly-needed medical resources can go to treating coronavirus patients and protecting medical staff. In a medication abortion, a…… MORE
AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) – Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since The Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says. The IMF expects the global economy to shrink 3% this year before rebounding in 2021 with 5.8% growth. It acknowledges, though,…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas businesses won’t all reopen at the same time, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday, even as President Donald Trump indicated he was itching to restore the nation’s economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Abbott, a Republican, said he would provide more details this week of how he envisions Texas getting back…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and governors from both parties are disputing who has the authority to reopen the economy. That, after Democratic leaders in the Northeast and along the West Coast are forming separate state compacts to coordinate their efforts to scale back stay-at-home orders or reopen businesses. In a statement Monday the governors…… MORE
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) A well known Plano police officer is back at work after coming down with the coronavirus. David Tilley is the Public Information Officer for the department and says he was exposed to the virus late last month. Tilley was on his way to his son’s wedding in Colorado when he found out he…… MORE
